I don't know what the odds of any person or groups of persons on foot in London having immediate access to a nearby vehicle were. In many metro areas the bulk of people on foot take public transportation.

Even here in the US where it seems like EVERYONE drives....stop and think about just how easy getting to your car and running someone like this over would be. Unless you were actually driving by or just getting into or out of your vehicle when this happened I don't know how likely the run em over approach would be successful.

Granted the 20 minute response time may have made a vehicular assault more timely, but the victim would still be dead already.

I don't know what the odds of any person or groups of persons on foot in London having immediate access to a nearby vehicle were. In many metro areas the bulk of people on foot take public transportation.

Even here in the US where it seems like EVERYONE drives....stop and think about just how easy getting to your car and running someone like this over would be. Unless you were actually driving by or just getting into or out of your vehicle when this happened I don't know how likely the run em over approach would be successful.

Granted the 20 minute response time may have made a vehicular assault more timely, but the victim would still be dead already.

Yeas its not like they were just going to stand there while someone drove at them.

The police were on site inside 10 minutes I believe, armed police in 17 min iirc.

They (the British) have been charging their people for fucking burglars . My google-fee is weak or I find and post the links on this. Full of ****? Tell me what you can legally carry for self defense in England ? THE ONLY THING i can think is a motorist hitting the perps with his car.

MINNEAPOLIS � A central Minnesota man accused of killing two unarmed teenagers, shooting them multiple times as they tried to break into his home, has been indicted on first-degree murder charges, prosecutors announced Thursday.

According to a criminal complaint, Smith, a retired U.S. State Department employee, told authorities he feared the teens had a weapon when they entered his home on Thanksgiving Day and acknowledged firing "more shots than I needed to."

Police say that McAfee tried to break into the home at 210 Holly Street. Young, who was inside, fired several shots at McAfee, then followed him outside and shot him several more times, according to police.

Awakened by his 75-year-old wife, Wright confronted a 19-year-old burglar who had broken through some plywood over a bathroom window in hopes of stealing liquor, according to police. Wright grabbed his 38.caliber pistol, loaded with four rounds, and shot the intruder in the leg.

The suspect was arrested -- but so was Wright. Because of prior weapons convictions, Wright was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, sparking calls by his family and neighbors for prosecutors to back down.

They (the British) have been charging their people for fucking burglars .

Iif has addressed that already but not everyone is charged for defending their homes. The UK laws actually lean heavily in favour of the home-owner, it always boils down to reasonable force and proof as it does in most other western countries. Sadly the British press love a good story of injustice within the home and gloss over the ones where someone successfully fights off an invasion, occasionally with deadly force and is charge with nothing.

Full of ****? Tell me what you can legally carry for self defense in England ? THE ONLY THING i can think is a motorist hitting the perps with his car.

Granted, you can't carry anything for defence in the UK but again you can defend yourself in the streets with makeshift weapons and walk away Scott free providing that you can prove that you defended yourself and you used reasonable force as, again, you have to do in other countries across the world.

They (the British) have been charging their people for fucking burglars . My google-fee is weak or I find and post the links on this. Full of ****? Tell me what you can legally carry for self defense in England ? THE ONLY THING i can think is a motorist hitting the perps with his car.

They (the British) have been charging their people for fucking burglars . My google-fee is weak or I find and post the links on this. Full of ****? Tell me what you can legally carry for self defense in England ? THE ONLY THING i can think is a motorist hitting the perps with his car.

Are you saying that because British society is so litigious and criminals sue their attackers, random people should've ran them down with their cars?